Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	282% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 01:04
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 322 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 640 8-Core 1,021 102% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,326 82% 1,326 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3001 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 198 Parallax 199 136% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 161 Splatting 126 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,818 Write 1,418 Mixed 1,456 417% 1,897 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 30.9 212% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 29.9 150% 342 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 165GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1062 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 222 (AE) Unknown 100 100 294 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 740 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1682 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43467167981 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33739554537
Poor: 26% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 165GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 65 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 188 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 219043332129 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3645 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1704 (F2) Unknown 253 253 885
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 175 175 21496267082 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 669 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 669 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569347613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10	76.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 116 Mixed 154 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.53% Terrible	Read 29.3 Write 4.86 Mixed 7.38 13% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.31 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 35% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.53% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.2 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 32.3 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 122%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,384x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	182x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16